NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI74FEC39
Registry · N10AE
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1C-180
Year of manufacture
2018
Engine
LYCOMING O-360-A1P (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20180719
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A00260
Registrant of record
ELLISON ALAN T
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
SMITH EOS-1 · N10AE
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
OAKLAND PONTIAC
Kind of flying
DB
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
240° / 8 kt
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000001-AE
Pilot
Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
3,500
Age
25
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
H PISTONS.FUEL AIR MIXT LEAN DUE INCREASED RAM AIR
Investigator remarks
ENG MAKE AND MOD HIRTH-650 TWO CYCLE.HOLE IN BOT
Cause factors
- 68/C/D6 C PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause
- 74/C/AE C POWERPLANT PISTON,PISTON RINGS Cause
- 88/C/CT C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS EXCESSIVE TEMPERATURE Cause
- 88/C/95 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
- 74/C/CY C POWERPLANT OTHER Cause
- 83/K/I K TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS Joint factor
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 0882.
Source file
NTSB_1974_3_0882.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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